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On July 4, 2011, I recorded a script based on the following directions: Attached is a script for a show opening narration for a band from Columbus, OH called Twenty One Pilots. The narrator is an older English man with […]

I was touched by this kind email that appeared out of the blue. Thank you, Christian Salazar! Hi Nick, I would like to sincerely apologize on behalf of Amazon, Audible and the American people that you were not up for […]

Absolutely thrilled to have received an Earphones Award for my narration of A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW! Here is my contribution to a Books on Tape blog about my experiences in narrating the book: http://www.booksontape.com/a-gentleman-in-the-audiobook-studio-nicholas-guy-smith-on-narrating-a-gentleman-in-moscow-by-amor-towles/

Had fun working on this 30 second commercial with Whit Bussey of Oculus Studios. He was looking for a voice along the lines of Patrick Stewart, David Attenborough, and someone who sounds slightly somber, reminiscent. “The Piggy Bank will be […]

Looking forward to participating in a panel discussion next Saturday at the Irvine Marriott hotel, hosted by Literary Orange–Orange County’s premier literary event, bringing authors, readers and libraries together for a celebration of literature. The three panelists are all narrators […]

Bram was looking for a new “signature voice” for his festival this summer in the Netherlands. “The tone of voice should be a little like your Sir Ralph Richardson (an old adventurous man).” Here it is!

In the likes of Apple’s new “Watch” product video, the scene begins in an infinite room, but in place of a product beautifully rotating in space, we have a Hipster. While our Hipster is posing for us in the infinite […]

From the Assistant Acquisitions Editor, Listening Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House Audio: I’m happy to be sharing some wonderful news, following the recent announcements at ALA Midwinter. ACID was named a YALSA Amazing Audiobook. This fabulous recognition means […]

And how about that narrator? Oh yes, Nicholas Guy Smith, a fellow Brit, in fact. A postgraduate of Cambridge University, England, Nicholas is a highly rated and diverse voice-over actor who has been heard in feature films, TV commercials, and […]

“Ripped from the headlines. . . . His books tell unvarnished truths that many prefer to ignore.” –The Wall Street Journal “De Villiers’s books are ahead of the news and sometimes even ahead of events themselves.” –The New York Times […]

What a privilege to work for a maester of prose and to share a credit with a maester of the spoken language! Overview THE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN HISTORY OF WESTEROS AND THE LANDS BEYOND • WITH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF ALL-NEW MATERIAL […]

“ A novel that miraculously reads like equal parts page-turner and poem. One of her great feats is that the story feels spun rather than plotted, with seamless shifts in time and characters. … “Because survival is insufficient,” reads a […]

Thank you Jason Magbanua for hiring me to narrate a promo video for a photographer based in Manila. Metrophoto added this new photographer to its roster. The direction was simple: “deadpan/tongue in cheek.”

Twenty One Pilots’ Creative Director, Mark Eshleman, asked me to reprise my role of the robot “Nigel”–this time for the band’s Quiet Is Violent World tour. I attended the Hollywood Palladium concert. Strange to hear my voice bellowing out of […]

Yesterday, the producers at Skyboat asked me to narrate another book in the Joannes Cabal series. This one is The Fear Factor, and recording starts mid-August. If it is half as good as The Brothers Cabal, I will be thrilled! […]

Gabriel de Cuir is concise, supremely intuitive and, quite simply, a brilliant director! I am very happy to be working with Skyboat. Here’s the blurb on the book: “Jonathan L. Howard has such an effortless way with monsters and the […]

Very pleased to be reading this book in August at Penguin-Random House. IT BEGAN WITH A TANTALIZING, ANONYMOUS EMAIL: “I AM A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.” What followed was the most spectacular intelligence breach ever, brought about by […]

“Looking for a narrator!” About four weeks ago, I got a message from Lauren Turk, a mutual friend of Cat Campion, about narrating a documentary on sharks. Lauren sent this link: pelagiclife.org Last Sunday I spent three hours recording the […]

Great working with Amir Atme on this one! Diströya Spirit VO Script: “Born from legends out of the Great North Sea. Fathered by a once mighty king, comes an age- old and isle born spirit of mythic proportions. A blessed […]

Looking forward to narrating this book for Random House next month. Here’s the blurb: A gripping, ripped from the headlines espionage thriller set in volatile post-Qaddafi Libya. Featuring Malko Linge, an Austrian aristocrat who freelances for the CIA, The Madmen […]

“Cool Masculine British Voice for Tech Company…Think the Marlboro Man, but with a little bit of Wall Street in him.” Nick Lange of One Lens Media said his client gave Michael Gambon as an example of what they were hoping […]

Spent two days last week at Disney, looping The Boxtrolls, a 3D stop motion comedy-adventure film. Quite simply, it is brilliantly funny. And Ben Kingsley is superb as the evil exterminator, Archibald Penelope Snatcher! The actors were required to do […]

“Looking for a fun, BRITISH, male character VO talent for a spot that will be aired on the American Forces Network (AFN) for US Troops overseas. The spot is a PSA raising awareness on whistleblower protections.” Lee Whitman set up […]

As far as I am concerned, the one person I am supremely pleased to know in the world of voice-overs is Larry Hudson. I met him through his brilliant webinar about Audacity, which was unlike any other webinar I have […]

On Monday I am reading a chapter from Chris Beckett’s novel DARK EDEN. The character I play is irascible. Mitch London is 200 years old and with a cleft palate. The director today sent me his reading of the first […]

I had about about an hour to submit a Geoffrey Rush soundalike to my agent for THE BOOK THIEF promo. I struggled to sound anywhere near Rush’s deep, resonant sound but I submitted the mp3, reluctantly. Then the agent called […]